Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka

Full name Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa

Born October 24, 1991, Colombo

Current age 28 years 332 days

Major teams Barisal Division, Burgher Recreation Club, Comilla Warriors, Cumilla Warriors, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Prime Bank Cricket Club, Royal College, Ruhuna, Schools Invitation XI, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board XI, Sri Lanka Colts XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Education Royal College, Colombo

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
T20Is	7	6	1	140	77	28.00	107	130.84	0	1	8	9	0	0
First-class	77	121	9	4087	268	36.49	4554	89.74	9	21	421	157	66	0
List A	110	104	11	2726	107	29.31	2815	96.83	3	15	274	98	44	2
T20s	68	60	7	1341	96*	25.30	1019	131.59	0	8	110	64	15	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
T20Is	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	77	67	2514	1366	47	4/59	6/86	29.06	3.26	53.4	1	0	0
List A	110	26	540	422	13	2/16	2/16	32.46	4.68	41.5	0	0	0
T20s	68	16	264	316	21	3/11	3/11	15.04	7.18	12.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

T20I debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Oct 5, 2019 scorecard
Last T20I	India v Sri Lanka at Indore, Jan 7, 2020 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Apr 22-24, 2011 scorecard
Last First-class	Ragama Cricket Club v Burgher Recreation Club at Colombo (PSS), Aug 25-27, 2020 scorecard
List A debut	Sinhalese Sports Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 11, 2009 scorecard
Last List A	Sri Lanka Board President's XI v West Indians at Katunayake, Feb 20, 2020 scorecard
T20s debut	Ruhuna v Schools Invitation XI at Colombo (Moors), Mar 25, 2009 scorecard
Last T20s	Burgher Recreation Club v Kandy Customs Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Jan 15, 2020 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/54, 50, 0/2	Burgher	v Ragama	Colombo (PSS)	25 Aug 2020	FC
33, 2/49, 8, 1/11	Burgher	v Saracens	Katunayake	20 Aug 2020	FC
115, 2/22, 110*, 0/0	Burgher	v Nondescripts	Katunayake	15 Aug 2020	FC
3/26, 2, 3/60, 0	Burgher	v Chilaw	Colombo (CCC)	10 Aug 2020	FC
18, 55	Burgher	v Negombo	Colombo (Moors)	6 Mar 2020	FC
0/19, 25, 87	Burgher	v Colts	Colombo (Burgher)	28 Feb 2020	FC
0/16, 56, 0/14	Burgher	v Sinhalese	SLAOCIC Stadium	22 Feb 2020	FC
5	SLC-BP-XI	v West Indians	Katunayake	20 Feb 2020	LA
0/37, 4, 69	Burgher	v Moors	Colombo (Burgher)	14 Feb 2020	FC
85, 93	Burgher	v Col CC	Colombo (Burgher)	7 Feb 2020	FC

Profile

An attacking left-handed batsman, Bhanuka Rajapaksa was selected for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand as one of the team's key batsmen. He lived upto his reputation, by finishing the leading run-scorer for his country with 253 runs. He had an excellent tour of Australia with the U-19 team in 2009, smashing 154 off 111 balls in a one-dayer and ended the series as the leading run-getter. He compares his batting style to Adam Gilchrist. His other sporting interests include squash and swimming.
Cricinfo Staff January 2010

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